don’t get me wrong the aesthetics of messy academia and physical research materials are lovely but the reality of being surrounded by seven open textbooks (because none of them contain all of the necessary information), multiple notebooks (because you never remember the right one to take to class), random pieces of paper (because sometimes you don’t remember at all), an open and overflowing pencil case, a lost calculator, an abandoned study plan, a laptop that is actively trying to end itself and an uncountable number of rubbers from off the end of mechanical pencils
while attempting to decipher your notes because you weren’t paying attention or were half asleep or only had bad pens to write with or the lecturer was talking to fast or you didn’t know which was the important information or you were off sick and had to rely on your friend’s notes (whose handwriting might as well be in icelandic) is just not for the weak of heart or easily overwhelmed and i will keep to my digital notes on my tablet thank you very much.
